Including it in his speech ensures it gets wide circulation anyway," said South Asia expert Shashank Joshi. The summit achievements were incremental, and included establishing an agricultural research institute and speeding up work on creating a joint credit ratings agency. Also on Sunday's program was an outreach session with leaders from a little-known group of countries from the Bay of Bengal region whose key attribute, from India's point of view, is that Pakistan is not a member. LACK OF STRATEGIC RESTRAINT Modi's hard line on Pakistan marks a departure from India's tradition of strategic